Thomas Dolby, Corrosion of Conformity and more music for Saturday

Technology and science have served Thomas Dolby well, and vice-versa. He was a first-wave MTV star thanks to his omnipresent 1982 single “She Blinded Me With Science.” But he found technology to be at least as interesting — and far more profitable – than music. He founded a company that developed the ringtone synthesizer used in 3

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billion mobile phones.

He’s now reverted to music-making with “A Map of the Floating City,” his first new studio album in 20 years. He also developed a companion online multi-player, transmedia game called The Floating City (see game trailer). On his current Time Capsule Tour, stopping at Tipitina’s Saturday, March 17 at 9 p.m., he’s accompanied by a retro-chic mobile video recording suite, in which fans can record a 30-second “message to the future.”

The original roster of Corrosion of Conformity hits One Eyed Jacks. Blues ’n’ groove guitarist Eric Lindell plugs in at Rock ’n’ Bowl. Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes fire up at the Maple Leaf. Catch the Washboard Chaz Blues Trio early at the Blue Nile, followed by Big Sam’s Funky Nation.